On the first day of the Hong Kong Masters, after Fu Jiajun 5-2 defeated Selby , another pair of enemies came: the showdown between the quasi-god Trump and the wizard Higgins .
As one of the representative figures of two generations of players, the two have played 42 times in their careers, Higgins has a slight advantage in 22 wins, 1 draw and 19 losses, but since the 2019 World Championship final, Trump has completed ten consecutive victories against Higgins.
So, for Higgins, this game is more important, is it to rewrite the ten consecutive losses? Or did you encounter 11 games of unwind? But it is indeed very difficult for Higgins, 47, to play against 33-year-old Xiaote.
But who is Higgins? Don't forget, he is a wizard!
In this game, facing Xiaote's strong counterattack, Higgins scored a hundred shots, 50+ in 3 shots, won two games in a row, completed the match point reversal 5-4, and defeated Xiaote to advance to the semi-finals.
First game: Higgins won the first victory at the beginning and led 1-0.
The second game: Xiaote directly scored 136 points with one shot and broke 100, tied 1-1.
The third game: Higgins also scored 102 points in a single shot and came to the lead again, 2-1.
Fourth game: Higgins scored a 68-pointer to secure the victory, leading two games 3-1 to end the first half.
The second half:
After resting, Xiaote began to exert force.
Fifth game: Xiaote used a lucky pass to get the ball and scored a second shot in the game, breaking 120 points, and scored a 123-0 penalty kick in Higgins, 2-3 behind.
Sixth game: Xiaote took the lead again and scored 58 points. He played one shot and was not ideal, and the offense was interrupted. Higgins failed to seize the opportunity, and Xiaote once again secured the victory and drew 3-3.
Seventh game: Higgins scored 43 points to lead, but was reversed by Xiaote, winning the key game 75-43, and came to the lead 4-3 and got the match point.
Eighth game: Higgins won a game 71-13, and both sides returned to the starting point again and came to the decisive game.
Decisive game: Higgins started the stage and scored 58 points to interrupt. When the game came to the critical moment, can Xiaote reverse again? Thrilling.
It's a pity that after taking the small specialty, he only scored 6 points, made a mistake in the middle bag of the red ball, and the opportunity was returned to Higgins again.
This time, Higgins never gave Xiao Te another chance to complete the super score, and Xiao Te, at the last moment, was also no longer accurate and lost the final counterattack.
Higgins defeated Xiaote 120-6 and advanced to the semi-finals, meeting Master Jiajun.
This game is indeed of great significance to Higgins. First, in a 7,000-person live snooker competition like Hong Kong, it is very rare!
Secondly: This victory is the first victory of Higgins and Trump in the last 11 matches. It is of course even more extraordinary for Higgins, who is already 47 years old.
